Filed in archive by Rom Feria on January 31, 2008
The very first Linux distribution that I have tried as a full install for a server was Slackware. I still have some preference to Slackware but given the improvements and features from Ubuntu made it...
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Filed in archive Securing
by Rom Feria on January 26, 2008
It is common knowledge that we use ssh for remote access as well as the underlying transport for some other services, e.g., VNC over SSH, FTP over SSH, etc. One you have SSH installed, you can also...
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Filed in archive Hacks
by Rom Feria on January 26, 2008
Yesterday, a friend of mine mentioned his friend installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware and after a week of using it, ending up getting a Mac. Whilst this clearly violates the Mac OS X EULA but if...
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Filed in archive Networking
by Rom Feria on January 26, 2008
Today's geeks might have missed the wave when getting online means hearing those tones, beeps and hisses and not to forget hogging that phone line for hours when you download files. Whilst...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on January 26, 2008
If scientists can now clone sheep, I am sure that we Linux geek can clone our own drives. Just in case you do not know how, well, here is ArsGeek's how-to. You will need a Linux LiveCD and a...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on January 18, 2008
One of the Mac's features is Automator, a tool that allows you to record user actions to make often repeated tasks automated. This is one of the features that is often ignored but proves to be...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on January 12, 2008
Who here does not regularly use a web-based service? I reckon that we all do - in my case, I use Twitter's web interface when I am not using a Mac. I also use Meebo for my instant messaging...
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Filed in archive Multimedia
by Rom Feria on January 12, 2008
Back in 2006, I wished for a Linux port of Google's Picasa for photo editing and sharing. Google answered my prayer and gave us a Linux port. Whilst it is not entirely a native Linux application...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on January 12, 2008
Last week's CES featured quite a number of new devices running on Linux. It is unfortunate that I could not make it to Las Vegas to personally check out the cool gadgets so I rely on others to...
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Filed in archive Solaris
by Rom Feria on January 04, 2008
I know that this is not a HackItSolaris blog but it pays to monitor the friend or foe of our preferred operating system. Well, just a disclaimer, I do have Solaris and Linux as guest operating systems...
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Filed in archive Multimedia
by Rom Feria on January 01, 2008
Not too long ago, I featured Elisa, the open source media center that connects to iTunes shared libraries. This time, we feature Firefly, previously known as mt-daapd, the media server that allows you...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on January 01, 2008
When I first started using Linux, I was fond of invoking the 'who' and 'w' commands to find out information about users who are logged in the server. Sometimes I'll send them a...
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